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Finance for a better worldthe shift toward sustainability /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Finance for a better worldedited by Henri-Claude de Bettignies and Franðcois Lâepineux.
Reminder of title:	the shift toward sustainability /
other author:	Bettignies, Henri Claude de.
Published:	Houndmills [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
Description:	xvi, 258 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Subject:	Banks and banking.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230235755

Finance for a better worldthe shift toward sustainability /
Finance for a better worldthe shift toward sustainability /[electronic resource] :edited by Henri-Claude de Bettignies and Franðcois Lâepineux. - Houndmills [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - xvi, 258 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: MICROFINANCE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: EVOLUTION AND IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS-- Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Social Responsibility / I.Guerin, M.Roesch & J-M.Servet -- Explaining the Take-Off of Socially Responsible Investment / P.Arena -- Socially Responsible Investment: Global Convergence or Local Divergence? / C.Louche -- The Use of Shareholder Proposals to Address Corporate Human Rights Performance / A.Kanzer -- PART II: ADOPTING A SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVE IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ANDMARKETS -- Sustainable Banking: The Banco Real Model / L.Johnson & C.Scholten -- Insurers' Corporate Responsibility Policies: A Response to the Industry's Bad Image? / H-C.de Bettignies, F.Lepineux & C.K.Tan -- The Relative Valuation of Socially Responsible Firms: An Exploratory Study / A.Fatemi, I.Fooladi & D.Wheeler -- Building the Case for Long-TermInvesting in Stock Markets: Breaking Free from the Short-Term Measurement Dilemma / S.Lydenberg -- PART III: IS A PARADIGM SHIFT UNDERWAY? THREE PIONEERING REFLECTIONS -- Financing Agriculture in Developing Countries: Governance Models Promoting Sustainability / S.Morvant-Roux -- Innovative Investments for Sustainability: Solutions for the 21st Century/ A.White -- Financialization: Limits and Ways Out / P.Dembinski & F.Vigano -- Conclusion: Manifesto of the Observatoir de la Finance -- References -- Index.

This book provides an overview of current advances regarding the integration of sustainability in the financial sector. Its originality lies in the fact that it does not focus exclusively on a particular aspectof this emerging trend, but instead, presents various illustrations - for instance in the fields of SRI, sustainable banking or innovative investments - of what can be considered as the beginning of a paradigm shift in global finance. Indeed, the different contributions show that the still-dominant logic of financial markets and institutions - the search for short-term profits andthe maximization of shareholder value - is increasingly questioned by alternative views and practices, which canbe observed in a number of activities and countries. Written by academics and practitioners, this forward-looking book suggests that a changein mindsets and behaviors could open new pathsfor financial actors inthe future - and even in the present, starting here and now.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230235755

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230235755doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

188025
Banks and banking.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HG1601 / .F46 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 332.1

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